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			<h1>About Evidence Sources</h1>
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		<p><b>Evidence Sources</b> are ways ControlPlane can determine where you
                are or what you are doing.  You enable Evidence Sources so that you can then
                create rules that define when to transition to a configured context.
                
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                <p>ControlPlane current supports the following evidence sources:</p>

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                  <li><b>Active Application</b>: Monitors which application has focus</li>
                  <li><b>Attached Power Adapter</b>: Detects which power adapter is attached to your Mac based on its serial number.  Useful on portable Macs only</li>
                  <li><b>AudioOutput</b>: Monitors which audio output device is in use. Could be 
                    headphones, internal speakers or whatever else is available on the system</li>
                  <li><b>Bluetooth</b>: Connected and/or nearby bluetooth devices</li>
                  <li><b>Bonjour</b>: Services and devices located on your local network</li>
                  <li><b>CoreLocation</b>: Your current location</li>
                  <li><b>FireWire</b>: Connected FireWire devices</li>
                  <li><b>IP</b>: Current assigned IP addresses (IPV4 only)</li>
                  <li><b>Light</b>: How bright is your location, provided by the ambient light sensor</li>
                  <li><b>Monitor</b>: Attached monitors</li>
                  <li><b>NetworkLink</b>: Status of a network link, either up or down</li>
                  <li><b>Power</b>: Monitors the source of power, battery or mains</li>
                  <li><b>RunningApplication</b>: Monitor running applications</li>
                  <li><b>ShellScript</b>: Allows you to write your own evidence source based on
                    any script</li>
                  <li><b>Sleep/Wake</b>: Allows ControlPlane to react to sleep and wake events</li>
                  <li><b>TimeOfDay</b>: Match a given time</li>
                  <li><b>USB</b>: Monitor attached USB devices</li>
                  <li><b>WiFi</b>: Connected or nearby WiFi access points</li>
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		<h2 class="seealso">See also</h2>
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			<a href="rules.html">Configuring Rules</a><br />
			<a href="maths.html">The maths behind ControlPlane</a><br />
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